LIFE OF A JAMAICAN GIRL

I am the person who always pays bills on time so for the first time I ended up paying my Jamaica Public Service bill late . To my surprise their late fee attracts GCT. So normally I would benefit a JMD$250 credit for early payment. Now I will have an additional cost of $291.25 ( $250 for late charge and 41.25 for GCT on that late charge). I was soooooo shock when I opened my account this morning... But is this right?

Have you ever wondered what the payment to board members of the various public bodies in Jamaica? My search lead me to the Ministry of Finance. Click on the link below: Fees of Chairmen & Members Airports Authority of Jamaica Board                                         Jamaica Tourist Board

The rain came pouring down from Saturday night the 13th May 2017.It kept going and going, due to the rain the usual Sunday garage collection didn't occur. So it was indoor all day....... Monday morning it was still raining but off I went to work. Then about 9 am I got a call from my mom my son was vomiting. So I rushed home and took him to the doctor. The doctors office had lots of patients for we had to wait as well it showed signs of the rain that fell all weekend ...with water spot along the floor covered with paper. By the time I was finished with the doctor and the pharmacy it was too late to head back to work . So ended up staying at home with my son who didn't want to leave my arms. Then came the rain again Monday night and woke up to it on Tuesday morning. Listen and watch the news and heard about the storm system. So I got ran a sat staring outside for it to break long enough for me to head to the bus stop. Once I noticed it wasn't felling as hard I headed out to...

Recently I had the experience of clearing a barrel here in Jamaica. After been told the barrel was coming I when searching the internet for steps and found   this link on the Jamaica Custom House  website (https://www.jacustoms.gov.jm/article/customs-house-%E2%80%94-steps-clearing-barrel). The barrel took more that 3 weeks to  get here from it USA address and I was told it was because of where it was coming from. I was happy to get the call that it was here and applied for the time from work and source transportation. Even after mapping out my journey on google map, getting to the shipping company was a little hard that I thought with all the one way street of Kingston Wharf area. That's when I found out their are persons who make a living helping persons finding there way around. So I got shipping documents from the shipping agent and pay the relevant handling and/or freight charges then heading off to warehouse with a " tour guide" on board. We parked in a parking are...

Read Across Jamaica 2017 is under theme" LITERACY MATTERS - READ ALOUDS PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND CONFIDENCE IN CHILDREN" Therefore today, May 09, 2017, the entire island of Jamaica is promoting reading with Read Across Jamaica as the pilot. Read Across Jamaica is an international literacy program formed to foster a love of reading in children in Jamaica and the Diaspora. Since 2003 we have been collecting and distributing books to schools in Jamaica and engaging young people in literacy activities during our yearly trips to the island. Literacy opens doors and creates opportunities. Access to education is key to helping young people develop and realize their goals and providing books is a vehicle to accomplish them. Our goal is to help Jamaica achieve a 100% literacy rate for its students. Can you remember reading your first book? Pick up a book today and let us start reading for a brighter future.... Visit them online at www.ReadAcrossJamaica.com and LIK...